Sustainable Procurement

Participation in Global Compact Network Japan Supply Chain Working Group

Mitsui Chemicals has been associated with the initiatives of the Global Compact Network Japan (local network for the UN Global Compact in Japan). We have been participating in supply chain working group since fiscal 2013. As part of its efforts with participating companies to improve sustainable procurement throughout the supply chain, Mitsui Chemicals has been involved in drafting industry-wide self-assessment questionnaires (SAQs), exchanging opinions with NGOs and experts and raising awareness of these efforts among other organizations and companies. As the questionnaires were established based on the following concepts, the Group has taken the initiative in adopting the SAQs to improve sustainable procurement not only in its own supply chain but along with other participating companies throughout society.

• Hold discussions on equal treatment for companies that comprise our supply chains regardless of the size of their management resources (personnel, assets, funds); sustainable procurement is becoming an important step in building a sustainable society.
• Foster a shared vision, mutual understanding/growth based on SAQ responses from all companies that comprise the supply chain, while aiming to make SAQs a baseline by making them easy to understand, user friendly, and open-ended in order to implement sustainable procurement on a global level.
• Take steps to facilitate the channeling of management resources toward improving internal and supply-chain sustainable procurement by sharing SAQs among suppliers and buyers while working to reduce workloads for both parties.